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Re: [Help-bash] What is the usage of $_?
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Eduardo Bustamante |
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Re: [Help-bash] What is the usage of $_? |
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Sun, 07 Aug 2016 15:00:48 +0000 |
I use it frequently to re-use the last argument of the previous command.
Something like:
touch /long/path/to/file
ls -l "$_"
In which case, the parameter will expand to the long and hard-to-type path.
I'm not sure if it's wise to use it in scripts though, I only use it
interactively.